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Dave Boyer

dboyer@washingtontimes.com

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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President Donald Trump speaks during the first presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Pool vi AP)

Trump tells Proud Boys to ‘stand back and stand by’

President Trump drew heavy criticism on social media Tuesday night when he told the white nationalist group Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during a discussion of street violence in the first presidential debate with Democrat Joe Biden.

September 29, 2020
In this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, photo, a group of anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter demonstrators march in front of the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia in anticipation of the anniversary of the previous year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Trump slams Biden’s belief that Antifa ‘is an idea’

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden feuded over Antifa and street protests during their debate, with the president mocking Mr. Biden's claim that the anarchist group "is an idea, not an organization."

September 29, 2020
Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

Joe Biden: Son Hunter Biden ‘did nothing wrong’ in Ukraine

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden insisted that his son Hunter "did nothing wrong" in his sweetheart deal with a Ukrainian energy company, while President Trump hounded the Democrat repeatedly about his son's alleged payments from Russia.

September 29, 2020
President Donald Trump makes a point as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden looks on during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)

Trump blitzes Biden in high-stakes showdown

A combative President Trump and an exasperated Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden attacked each other constantly in Tuesday night's first presidential debate, disagreeing bitterly on everything from street crime to health care from start to finish in their high-stakes confrontation.

September 29, 2020
Attorney General William Barr and Ivanka Trump meet with federal officials for a panel discussion on combating human trafficking at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) **FILE**

Trump officials promote awareness to combat child trafficking

Leading Trump administration officials are signing a "safety pledge" Tuesday in a campaign with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to combat online child exploitation that can lead to child trafficking.

September 29, 2020
In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. (AP Photo/File)

Joe Biden braces for Donald Trump offensive in debate

Joseph R. Biden is expected to walk into a buzzsaw Tuesday when he climbs onto the stage for the first time to debate President Trump, and the way the Democratic presidential nominee responds could shape the contours of the race for the closing weeks of the campaign.

September 28, 2020
Passersby walk past a business storefront with store closing and sale signs, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Dedham, Mass. The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, airlines, hotels and many other businesses six months after it first erupted. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Economic recovery slowed by uncertainty on election, vaccine

The U.S. economy has recovered about half of the 22 million jobs lost during the depths of the coronavirus shutdowns, but uncertainty over the presidential election and the timetable for a COVID-19 vaccine is causing a slowdown in hiring and business investment, economists say.

September 27, 2020
President Donald Trump walks with Judge Amy Coney Barrett to a news conference to announce Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump rips attacks of Amy Coney Barrett faith

President Trump criticized the media and Democrats on Sunday for their treatment of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, accusing them of making an issue of her Catholicism

September 27, 2020